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5 results for caffeine toxicity

WA2013-05-30

Inquest into the Death of Mcdonald, Charles Edward

38y · Male·Acute drug toxicity due to clozapine-induced cardiac arrhythmia

A 38-year-old remand prisoner with schizophrenia on clozapine died suddenly in prison from acute drug toxicity (clozapine-induced cardiac arrhythmia). He had been transferred from psychiatric hospital to prison on 20…

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QLD2015-11-04

Spence, John Michael

51y · Male·Combined effects of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and seizure activity …

…d in a prison health centre following a seizure episode. He had ingested an extraordinarily high level of caffeine (64mg/L, equivalent to approximately 2000mg or 20 espresso coffees), which precipitated a fatal cardiac e…

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VIChome2025-06-02

Finding into death of Christina Lackmann

32y · Female·Caffeine toxicity

32-year-old woman died from caffeine toxicity after ingesting caffeine tablets. She called 000 at 7:49 pm reporting dizziness and numbness but…

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VICcommunity2025-11-18

Finding into death of Darren John Atkinson

50y · Male·Mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine); cardiac hype…

A 50-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder died from mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine) combined with cardiac hypertrophy. He ceased his antipsychotic medicat…

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QLDhome2014-02-12

Willis, Karen - Non-inquest findings

45y · Female·Sibutramine ingestion in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis

Karen Willis, a 45-year-old woman with no known medical conditions, died of acute cardiac arrhythmia triggered by sibutramine ingestion combined with underlying coronary atherosclerosis. She had purchased Slimming Factor…

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